Space jobs in Wales more than double as sector employment grows across the UK

Space jobs in Wales have more than doubled in the last financial year, reveal figures released by the UK Space Agency.

Employment in Wales’ space sector grew by 694, rising from 415 in 2019 to 1,109 in 2020, according to new figures published in the ‘Size and Health of the UK Space Industry 2021’ survey.

This is part of a wider growth in employment across the UK space sector, which reached 46,995 in 2020, up from 44,040 in 2019, an increase of 2,955 (6.7%), despite the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.